Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I know it doesn't sound like a big effort, but programmers are really, really lazy, and they like to minimize motion. They'd use feeder tubes if the Health Department would let them.
Steve Yegge
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Never trust a programmer in a suit.
Anonymous
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
Fifty years of programming language research, and we end up with C++ ?
Richard A. O'Keefe